OK then. Brilliant intros?
The Godfather. The wedding scene drew the viewer straight into the film.
The Godfather. The wedding scene drew the viewer straight into the film.
Best end to a film?
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Opening scene: The two towers
Closing scene: Blade Runner 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...'
Closing scene: Blade Runner 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...'
Best opening: 28 Days Later - Jim walking around a deserted London shouting "HELLOOO?!"
Best End: Saw - The fecker was there all along and you never guessed.
Best End: Saw - The fecker was there all along and you never guessed.
Best opening: Goodfellas
Best Endings
Godfather 2
Micheal Corleone sitting on the bench and thinking back on his life....
by doing the 'right thing'....you can lose the only thing that ultimately matters...
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid.....fozen in death...forever young....
Godfather 2
Micheal Corleone sitting on the bench and thinking back on his life....
by doing the 'right thing'....you can lose the only thing that ultimately matters...
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid.....fozen in death...forever young....
ok just thought of one of my favourite lines...from Total Recall...
Kuato: What do you want, Mr. Quaid?
Douglas Quaid: The same as you, to remember.
Kuato: But why?
Douglas Quaid: To be myself again.
Kuato: You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory.
Kuato: What do you want, Mr. Quaid?
Douglas Quaid: The same as you, to remember.
Kuato: But why?
Douglas Quaid: To be myself again.
Kuato: You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory.
best ending:
Spoorloos, the dutch version of this film is trully the most disturing ending to a movie that i've ever seen.
The english language/holywood remake, The Vanishing is one of the biggest piles of shit ever filmed because the ending is changed to meet holywood morals so if anybody plans to see it see the dutch version which is sick.
Spoorloos, the dutch version of this film is trully the most disturing ending to a movie that i've ever seen.
The english language/holywood remake, The Vanishing is one of the biggest piles of shit ever filmed because the ending is changed to meet holywood morals so if anybody plans to see it see the dutch version which is sick.
I always prefer a nice credit list, so more or less every movie out htere.
Two of my favourite endings are as follows;
Godfather pt.II
The flashback is actually quite emotional, and you can't help but feel even a bit sorry for poor Fredo
Once Upon A Time In America
The conversation in Max's office with Noodles, leading on perfectly to Robert De Niro's face in a massive smile just before the credits role, nothing amazingly fancy or brilliant - but neverthless quite touching i think.
Godfather pt.II
The flashback is actually quite emotional, and you can't help but feel even a bit sorry for poor Fredo
Once Upon A Time In America
The conversation in Max's office with Noodles, leading on perfectly to Robert De Niro's face in a massive smile just before the credits role, nothing amazingly fancy or brilliant - but neverthless quite touching i think.
Best film ending has got to be "The Others" with Nicole Kidman. Totally unexpected.
The worst, due to the fact it almost ruined a great film, is when Liam Neeson starts bleating about how many lives he might have saved if he'd sold his cuff links, watch, spectacles, testicles etc. So vastly OTT, and the film and common sense would have dictated a quick, sudden departure.
The worst, due to the fact it almost ruined a great film, is when Liam Neeson starts bleating about how many lives he might have saved if he'd sold his cuff links, watch, spectacles, testicles etc. So vastly OTT, and the film and common sense would have dictated a quick, sudden departure.
Seven, nuff said.
Can't remember the ending to it, but rather partial to a bit in the middle with Denise Richards and Neve Campbell!
Yes, even film lecturers can recognise a decent bit of faux-lesbianism on screen when they see it!
The ending shows how Neve Campbell set it all up. The bit where she's ripping her teeth out always makes me cringe
Ah yes, its starting to come back to me now...so, back to Denise Richards' cleavage!
Opening sequence to Jaws must be up there somewhere...what you don't see always scares you most.
Female!!! Tho' I don't understand why straight men are so afraid to acknowledge that true love is true love and a sad love story is a sad love story, irregardless of whether the characters are straight or gay.
Anyway, my hands-down favourite movie opening EVER is from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas with Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro roaring down that highway towards Vegas.
Se7en
Memento
Memento
good choice
Best openning Apocalypse Now: "This is the end, beautiful friend"
Class.
Class.
The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Masterful direction by Leone to finish off such a great movie.
Another great bleak ending - Brazil. One hell of a film, as well.
If you want the bad people to win this is the movie u need to see, the end was good and the movie interesting
a great movie i recomend its 8 mm with Nicholas Cage, Kind of Sick but reality is like that, great movie and dirty one in terms of evilness
Best opening: Jurassic Park, when they're loading that raptor into the pen.
Best closing: The diner scene in Pulp Fiction has to be up there.
The most over-the-top ending: Has to be True Romance, where everyone except Slater and Arquette end up dead.
Best closing: The diner scene in Pulp Fiction has to be up there.
The most over-the-top ending: Has to be True Romance, where everyone except Slater and Arquette end up dead.
Yup good choice, so is Godfather II.
Bit soppy but the ending to Planes, Trains and Automobiles is great.
An old Jimmy Cagney film springs to mind. Angels with Dirty Faces i think where he goes to the electric chair at the end of the movie.
A new one:
'The Prestige'
'The Prestige'
The long good friday,
great film but hated that ending cos u just knew what was gonna happen
great film but hated that ending cos u just knew what was gonna happen
Unforgiven.
why? what have I done?
It was unforgivable that is all I am willing to say about it.)
)Usual Suspects.
Arlington Road.
Primal Fear.
Also 3 of my favourite movies.
Anyone who hasn't seen them, or doesn't like them (which is noone) deserves to be shot.
Arlington Road.
Primal Fear.
Also 3 of my favourite movies.
Anyone who hasn't seen them, or doesn't like them (which is noone) deserves to be shot.
The end of Chinatown dicks on most endings. Got to agree with Nialler about Life of Brian, and with Red Marla on Strangelove, thelma and Louise, and Usual Suspects.
They really fecked up the ending of Shawshank... studios showed it to test audiences, then bottled it and had them actually meeting up, instead of ending with Red on the bus, with the VO saying "I hope". They did the same with Fatal Attraction apparently... originally she didn't die at the end, but all the men in the test audience stood up and yelled "Kill the bitch! Kill the bitch"! So they killed the bitch.
The opening of City of God is fecking great... much better than the rest of the film
They really fecked up the ending of Shawshank... studios showed it to test audiences, then bottled it and had them actually meeting up, instead of ending with Red on the bus, with the VO saying "I hope". They did the same with Fatal Attraction apparently... originally she didn't die at the end, but all the men in the test audience stood up and yelled "Kill the bitch! Kill the bitch"! So they killed the bitch.
The opening of City of God is fecking great... much better than the rest of the film
I agree about Shawshanks, mentioned it in another thread and all. Although, it seems to me it's a very similar thread to this one.
Usual Suspects was too obvious. And I actually preferred Seven's finale.
Usual Suspects was too obvious. And I actually preferred Seven's finale.
I reckon they fecked up somewhere in Usual Suspects. At the beginning, you see Keaton get shot by some suave bad guy. But then they try to make you think he's Kaiser Soze for half the film... but you know he's not cos Kaiser Sose would never get himself killed by some suave bad guy cnut.
Seven was a cracking finale but I have to admit it was a bit fecking grim for me. Beheadings, whores getting boned to death with sharpened dildos, continual dark and rain and a Bowie white noise soundtrack... kinell
It's different for you Spoons, you're psychotic
Seven was a cracking finale but I have to admit it was a bit fecking grim for me. Beheadings, whores getting boned to death with sharpened dildos, continual dark and rain and a Bowie white noise soundtrack... kinell
It's different for you Spoons, you're psychotic
Also didn't help that Kevin Spacey was in both films. I watched Seven first, so when I was told there was a huge twist in Usual Suspects, I sussed out it was the great big bender. Grim is good. I loved Jacob's Ladder. Brilliant film.
the italien job (the original).......did they ,didn´t they get the gold???
Fight club, the ending with the music for the credits being The Pixies Where is my mind?
What about Arlington Road and Primal Fear, you two?
I forget the name of the film, but it's some old WWII number. There's a bunch of blokes running for a train as it comes out of a tunnel and those pesky Germans start picking them off as they leg it down the track.